HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1837The City Council of the City of Burlingame finds as follows:
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In the past year, the economic condition of the country, the State, the region and the City
of Burlingame, has deteriorated significantly. Unemployment has increased, commercial
and retail establishments and companies have closed and development of business and
commercial properties has dwindled. The stagnant economy has had a direct effect on the
ability of the City to raise revenue through sales and occupancy taxes to frilly fund the
delivery of municipal services to the citizens of Burlingame. Consequently, wherever
regulations can reasonably be modified to make commercial development more feasible
while not endangering the environment or the quality of life, the City will consider
making such modifications. Put another way, in this economic climate it is often
advantageous to reduce the number of obstacles for new commercial development which
might be able to enhance our City's commercial districts and reinvigorate the local
economy. It is in this context that the City Council desires to amend Municipal Code
section 18.07.065. By this amendment, it is the goal of the Council to stimulate the local
economy by providing some flexibility to commercial non-residential developers in the
issuance of demolition permits.
A new sub section "(c)" is hereby added to section 18.07.065 of the Burlingame
Municipal Code, to reads as follows:
If a property owner of anon -residential project,
1) has been granted all project approvals required under
Title 25 of this code and under the California
Environmental Quality Act; and
2) produces evidence, to the satisfaction of the
Community Development Director, that special
circumstances exist to warrant early demolition, and
3) produces evidence, to the satisfaction of the
Community Development Director, that he/she is
preparing or is having prepared, plans for the project
for which the demolition is intended, and
4) declares under penalty of perjury that he/she will
submit said plans together with a building permit
application for the project to the City's building
division no later than ninety (90) days after obtaining
a demolition permit,
then the Community Development Director may authorize the
Building Official to issue the demolition permit with appropriate
terms and conditions to ensure safety, security and cleanliness of
the property.
In the event the property owner fails to obtain a building permit
for the project within sixty (60) days of submitting a building
permit application to the building division, pursuant to item c.4),
the property owner shall, within thirty (30) days remove all
debris from the site, permanently secure the property and install
landscaping to the satisfaction of the Community Development
Director. A decision to deny such a request for early demolition
may be appealed to the City Council within ten (10) calendar
days of the date of the Community Development Director's
decision."
Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as required by law.
I, Mary Ellen Kearney, City Clerlc of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
16t" day of March, 2009, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 6th day of April, 2009, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, DEAL, KEIGHRAN, NAGEL, O'MAHONY
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE